Loom.



Patented May l, |900 W. C. COBB & A. B. ADKINS.

(Applicmiion led Dec. 26, 1899.)

(No model.)

STATES firman c. Conn AND. ANDREW n.- ADKINS, on Pmi/.EIL soU'ru (mamma, IASSI'lNORS ".170 'llIE -DRME i; COMPANY, 0F POR'ILAD, .MUN-F., )iN-l2 jvljirii mm3, n .issufnisa'rrs.

vsPecIFIcA'1-non.awaiting@'para of Letters Patent No. 648,898, cated May 1,1900

Y ,Y Appncngg tied'nmmimrfac, i899. saranno. v41,52o.. Nomina enlarged perspective view or the retarding or?, Illo itknown thatwe, WILLI'AMU. Com. and'y cushioning device detached. Fig. 5 is a scc v ris'nnl-Jn' li. .ArnciN-s, citizens .oft-hc United Vtional view similar to Fig. 3,' showingamodi- States, residingatlclzer, county of Anderlied form vof cushioningdeviec; and Fig-6 is 5 son, State of South Carolina, have invented an enlargedrperspcctive detail of suclrmodi- 55 anlmprovcmcnt in Automatic Looms, of fied l'orm of cushioning device. which the vfollowingdescription, in 4connec- Theloom-frame A, breast-beam A, the lay y tionwith .the accompanying drawings, is a A, selfthreadingshuttle S,the transferrer f", specification, like letters and ligureson the mounted to rockson' a sstud j', the dog mx, 1. rc drawings representing like parts. A operatively conneetedwith the transferrer, 6o Automatic looms of the type shown in .the bunter C'2 on the lay, the rock-shfaft d to ll'nited States. Patent No.' 529,940 are procontrol theoperation of the transfer-rer, and vided with .fillingsupplying mechanism' the feeder F are and ymay be all substantially .f whiel'rinclhdes an intcrm'ittiugly-movable lill@ as shown in United States Patent No. {327,S03,

i 5 ing-feeder to holdin series of filling-carriers,` dated J une 27, 1899. o 65 whichlaticr are by the-movementot" the feeder The feeder F consists oi. two parallel disks, broughtsing'lyinto position to be'engaged in? only one of' which, as a, is shown, connected a Ai'fransferrer and removed from the feeder; to rotate' in unison on Aa stud a, fixed to the The movement of the feeder yin said patent is stand a?, 'attached to the breast-beam, the

'zo eilectcd-bya spring, which, is wound lfrom disks holding the filling-carriers b by their 7e time to time, the filling-carrier next to be tips or heads,- the feeder being rotated by transferred being brought into engagement suitable mechanism, not herein shown and with -a lixed .stop and holding the feeder at substantially as in the patents referred tc. rest until a change of filling is to be edected. The stand has a fixed stop 13 thereon tc 25 As the spring is quite strong, the vcarriers engage the endmostfilling-carrier of the 7 5 are subjected to-consid'erable strain as they series to .thereby maintain the feeder at rest are engaged. by the stop. -with said iillinglcarrier in position in the path.

, 'lhis-invention has lfor its object the -pro ofthe transferrer, the stop forming one side,

. Vdnctionof filling-supplyingmechanism ofthe of adischarge-throat 20, Fig. l, and a guard" A V3o type referred to wherein means are provided c is attached to the `stand and extends around So. for retarding the movement of the feeder bethe periphery of the plateor disk fr. fore the iillinglcarrier reaches the fixed stop, In our present invention the guard is cnt so that the shock is taken up and reduced away at its lower end some distance from thc and acnshion'ing effect produced. Thecnshthroat 90' and a cushioning or rearding de-V 35 ioningor retardingdeviec also servesto yield- Vice is vinterposed between the end of the 85 ingly support the filling-carrier next to be guard and the throat, said device beingsliown transferred and to guide the same opposite herein as a fiat plate h, having a lateral hub the stop when transfer takes place. hat one end, reduced in diameter to form a Various novel features ofonrinventionwill stud It?, which is extended through the stand 4o be described hereinafter and particularly u?. A cap hX, Fig. 3, is secured to the stud ge pointed-out in thc following claims. at the opposite side of lthe stand and contains 1 Figure l is a transverse sectional view of a a spring sx, which is secured tothe cap and portion of a loom and -its idling-supplying the stand, the spring tending to lift the plate mechanism, the section .being taken through or buffer h into the path of the filling-carn 45 the feeder, with'the parts in normal position. riers, as shown in dotted lines, Fig. 2. Un-` 95 Fig. f3 is a similar View of a. portion` of the der normal conditions this bnleris-depressed mechanism shown in Fig. l, but a fllling-carby the endmost filling-carrier into the posirier'is illustrated 'asbcing transferred. Fig. tion shown in Fig. 1, it at such time serving 23 is a vertical sectional detail on the line l.; Il, to. yieldingly support the said filling-carrie'.

5o Fig. :3, looking toward the right.' Fig 4 is an `-at the side of the throat opposite the stop if? ,toe

and preventingaccidental dislodgment of the filling-carrier. \V.heu the transferrer del see/nds to remove the filling-carrier from the feeder to the shuttle, the buffer yields (see Fig. and then serves not onlyas a support, but also as a guide for the filling-carrier as it is moved by the iransferrer into the shuttle, guiding it u p to the ti me it passesthrougli the throat. As soon as the transferrer is retracted the bu li'er is moved up by its spring into dotted-line position, Fig. i3, into the path of the next 4iillintf-carrier, as o, of the-series, and as the feeder nieves forward the buil'er4 is depressed gradu all y in'to the position shown in Fig. l. Theresistauee offered by the buffen spring:r s thus makes the buffer at such timer act as a cushioning or retarding device to take up thev shock of the feeder-actuating spring and allows the endmost filling-carrier to come gradually against the stop 125 instead of with a quiqli sudden jar.

lf cops are used in the feeder, we prefer to providethe buiier with a longitudinal upturnediiange or lip 1r, Figs. l to 4, on its outer edge to iit into the space between the head gx of the cop-skewer'y, Fig. 3, and the yarn mass to aid in positioning the filling-ear- 'rier when transferred.

iVhen bobbius are used'in the feeder, the yarn mass is wound right up to the head L of' the bobbin, Fig. and then the butler is made merely as a fiat plate vn, Figs. 5 and ii, without any guide-flange, the hub uand sind n? correspondingl to" theparis 717711. (Shown in Fig. 4.) 1

Our invention is not restricted to the preoise construction and arrangement herein showmas the same maybe modified or rearranged withoutdepartingr from the spirit and-v scope of our invention.

ilaving'deseribed our invention, what we' claim' as nciv, and desire to s'evure hy Letters latent, is-

. l. A/movable lining-feeder to hohl a series of filling-carriers and bring` them singly into operativo position, a stop to engage lthe iilling-carrier next to be removed and maintain the feeder at rest, and a yieldinglyfmounted buffer, removal of the endmost filling-carrier permitting the buffer to lmove into the path of the next one, to thereby retard and take.

I up the shook of. vfeeder movement a ud be gradually returned to normal position by the passage thereover of the filling carrier -as' itreaches the stop. ,4

2. A movable filling-'feeder to hold a series of filling-carriers and bring them :ing-ly into .operative position, a stop to engage the ill- Y lng-earner next to be removed and maintain the. feeder at rest, :ind a springeoutrolled buffer pivotally mounted opposite the stop, a iilling-earrier when removed from the feeder" being yieldingl y supported and guided at one side by the buffer, the latter thereafter movi ing into the path of the ne.\t filling-carrier to take up theshoek of feeder movement as then 64eme buffer is returned to normal position by the passage thereover of the said filling-carrier; A movable filling-feeder to hold aseries of Iillingmarriens and bring them singly into operative position, a stop to engage the fdling-earrier next to be removed and maintain the feeder at rest, a pivotally-mounted plate opposite ihestop, and aspx-ing to lift the plate, a filling-carrier when removed from the feeder passing between 'the stop and said plate and being yieldingly supported by thelatter, the plato thereafter being moved by its spring into .the path of the vnext filling-carrier, to yieldingly take up tire shock of the feeder movement.

4. Anintermittinglyanevable filling-feeder to hold a'series of iilling-earriers, a fixed stop to engage 'the eudmost' filling-carrier of the series and therebymaintain the feeder at resi', and a yieldingly-mousited buffer-plate opposite the stop, said plate having an upturned,

longitudinal guiqie-iiange, the pla-te moving into the path oflthe idling-Carriers after removal of the endmost tilting-carrier., to `thereby take up the shook of feeder movement and be depressed into normal position when the feeder is brought to rest.

. 5, An iutermittingly-rotatable filling-feeder to bring the iilling-carriers one by one into operative position, a stand for the feeder, having-a discharge-throat for the filling-carriers, a stop on one side of the throat, and a yieldiugbu't'er at the opposite side, and normally acting to yieldin gl y su pport the filling-carrier next to be removed, said buffer thereafter moving into the path of the next filling-earrier, to take u p the shock of feeder movement.

'13, A movable filling-feeder 'to holdaseries of fillingearriers and to operatively position the filling-carriers one after another, a stop to engage the eudmost filling-carrier of the series, and a retarding or cushioning device-to engage the next filling-carrier of the series after the endmost one has been removed, to

thereby retard the movement of 'the feeder and prevent sudden impact of the engaged filling-carrier with the stop.

7. A movable filling-feeder toholda series of fillinglearriers and t-o operatively position the filling-carriers one after another, and a yieldingly-mounted rotar-ding or cushioning device to engage the next illingearrier of the series after the endmost one has been removed, to thereby retard-the movementof the 'feeder, the said devicel norzgzally extending KOC 

